(Published Every Thursday) CHERRYV1LLE, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1943
No. 43
CARLTON COMMUNITY FAIR THIS WEEK
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WAR FUND QUOTA FOR CHERRYVILLE TOWNSHIP $4,800
Doors Open Friday And
Saturday 29th & 30th
A Special Feature Will Be A Booth Of Ser
vice Men’s Pictures; Door Prizes
Will Be Awarded.
The Eighth Carlton Commun
ity Fair will be held at the Carl
ton Club house on Friday and
Saturday of this week, according
to announcements made by Mrs.
Victor ijtroun, social worker in
charge.
The doors will open each day
at 5 o’clock. Hot dogs and coffee
will be on sale, liingo will also
be on hand. The usual exhibits
of fancy work, canned fruits,
agricultural displays, and many
other exhibits will be displayed.
In the fancy work department
Children’s wear. ladies dresses,
knifting, crocheting, fancy coun
terpanes, canning,, bread, pies,
custards, cookies cakes, arts and
crafts. Cut and Pot Flowers,
quilts and antiques will' be the
main features.
A special feature will be a
booth of service mens pictures.
The sponsors of the fair are par
ticularly interested in getting all
the pictures possible of our boys
in the service.
War Time Training
For Salespeople
A. six-weeks course — hegin
| itr next Wednesday—-meeting
' .5 to 4:15 ;it the Chorryvillo
-»igh School building and will be
taught by Mrs.'Virginia Stro-upc
Howell, co-ordinator of Distrib
utive Education at Gastonia High
School in Gastonia. This course,
sponsored by the Distributive
Education Department of North
Carolina State Department of Ed
ucation. Kaleigh, includes war
time selling, new OH A rules and
regulations concerning retailing,
importance of nutrition to sales
persons. civilian and employee
All these people who have 100
per cent attendance receives a
certificate from the State De
partment of Education. Raleigh.
Open to housewives, salespeo
pie now employed who feel the
need of a “Refresher course ih
selling and anyone who may be
interested The course is tree
but there will he a small fee ot
.60 to each person lot entire tj
lessons to cover cost of material,
etc., used in the class.
• This course will also be given
to the high school students in
connection with the high school
studies from 2 to There will be
no charge to the high school stu
dents. They will also he given
a certificate for 100 per cent at
tendance by the State Depart,
ment of Education.
This should be a great help to
those people who plan to help
out with Christmas selling in the
stores. It will he advisable for
t. e stores to make arrangements
to send at least one regular
s ks, erson to these meetings
i ry Wednesday.
Mrs. llowell, Virginia Stroupe.
before marriage, taught Home
Economics at Tryon High School
and Bessemer City. This is her
third year to teach distribution
education, which is a course in
retailing in • the Gastonia High
^Schools. She has had quite a bit
of sales experience in the stores
in Gastonia.
'Benefit Bridge
Friday Night
Don’t forget the Junior
Woman’* Club benefit bridge
Friday night, October 29th,
at the Woman’s Club House.
If you have not purchased a
ticket you may get one at
tha Club House..
Bring your own playing
cards and play any game you
chopse. Play begins prompt
ly at 8:00 o’clock.
PUBLISHER’S WIFE DIES
MORAVIAN FALLS—Oct. 26
W -Mrs. Dora Wallace I,aws, wife
of R. Don Laws, publisher of
th« Yellow Jacket, died at her
horae here today.
JULIAN PRICE’S
WIFE IS DEAD
Death Come* Suddenly at Her|
Home In Greensboro—Fun
eral Plans Incomplete.
GREENSBORO. Oct. 26—Mrs.
Ethel Olay Price, (lit, wife of
Julian Price, president of Jeffer
son Standard Life Insurance com
pany. died suddenly after a heart
attack at 1 p. m. today at her
home. .‘501 Fisher Park drive,
Nativ’e of New York City. she
was the daughter of the late Har
riett Field and Henry Iteboisfueil
let Olay, of Jamestown. Ya.'She
was educated at Notre Dame aca
demy of Baltimore. Md., and was
graduated from Watts Hospital
School of Nursing, Durham. On
August 21. 1807. she Wits married
to Julian Price and moved to
(! reenshoro.
\Sbe was a charter member of
the District Nurses and Relief so
ciety and served as leader of the
Red Cross canteen during World
War I. for two years, after which
she did volunteer nursing during
the influenza epidemic for two
A charter member of the
Greensboro Garden club, it mem
ber of the Colonial Dames of
American Revolution and of St.
Benedicts Catholic church.
Surviving besides her husband
are a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Mc
Kinley Bryan, and a son, Ralph
Clay Price, both of Greensboro,
and six grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Thurs
day. Other ararngements will be
announced later.
Issues Warning
To Motorists As
To “A” Applications
Next Saturday. October 30.
will he the last day upon which]
ration officials will accept appli
cations for the new ‘‘A” gaso
line rations. H. S. Mackie, Gas
ton county ration chairman an
nounced in a statement today.
Numerous applications already
lave been received but hundreds
of motorists have not yt^t gotten
in their “A” applications. Chair
man Mackie. said.
He warned that those who fail
to get their applications in next
week—preferably as early as
possible in the week but in all
events by next Saturday — will
have to wait 60 days or until the
first of next year, to apply, un
less they can show they were
providentially hindered, by ill
ness or some other circumstance
beyond their control, from get
tin their application in on time.
For those who bring their ap
plications in person to their local
ration offices the final deadline
will be the close of office hours at
the offices of their local board
next Saturday. Those who mail
their applications in must mail
them so that they will be post
marked pot later than midnight
next Saturday.
REPORT OF RED CROSS
SURGICAL DRESSING ROOM
September 15th, to 30th, num
ber of workers were 43, number
of hours served. 211; number of
sponges made, 5,125.
October 1st to 20th, number
of workers, 43: number of hours
serv'ed, 104 and number of spon
ges made, 5.364.
Total number of sponges for
September and October, 10.4J39. i
The greatest number of spon- j
ees made in a two hour period on
Monday night, Odtober 18th, was
1,700. I
■BUY BONDS
Cradle of Religious Liberty
Will Honor Virginia Patriot
Rising Sun Tavern at Fredericksburg and Gen- j
eral Weedon, its Colonial host. The 150th anni
versary of his death will be commemorated on
Armistice Day, November 11th. t
Virginians win commemoraie. on
| Armistice Day, November 11, the
150th anniversary of the death of
General George Weedon. soldier,
patriot, postmaster and famous inn
keeper of Colonial times.
His Rising Sun Tavern at Fred
ericksburg was built by gc
Washington’s brother Charles about
1760. It is maintained as an his
toric shrine by the Association for
the Preservation of Virginia An
tiquities.
In the taproom of the Tavern on
January 13. 1777, Thomas Jefferson,
and four other prominent Virgini
ans met bj order of the Assembly
and framed the first draft of the
bill that was later passed as the
Statute of Virginia for Religious
Liberty. This statute was later the
basis of the first article of the
Bill of Rights of the United States
Constitution.
Long b e f o i e the Revolution
broke, the tavern had established
itself as a "hotbed of insurrection. "
with Mine Host George Weedon,
who was also postmaster, fanning
the flames. Gathered about him
were Such patriots as Patrick
Henry. <! .. • Washington, Peyton
; uanooipn, jonu i am Junes,
James Monroe and others,
j When the war came. Innkeeper
Weedon became a lieutenant colonel
'in the Third Virginia Regiment.
I later winning promotion to colonel
and then brigadier general, and for
a time acting as adjutant to Gen.
; Washington. He commanded brilli
antly at Brandywine and German
: town. “Wherever be fought, his
I great figure and stentorian voice
1 were prominent in the conflict,” one
I historian wrote of him. He also
! played a prominent part in the
j siege of Yorktown.
I After the war, Gen. Weedon be
I came first president of the Virginia
I Society of the Cincinnati, founded
| in his tavern. A few years ago a
' tablet commemorating this event
1 was unveiled at the tavern, with
I Gen. George C Marshall, chief of
staff of the U. S. Army, a guest
of honor.
One of the tavern's memorable
events was the Peace Ball held
there in 17S1 to celebrate \ork
town's fall. Gen. Washington, with
his mother. Mary, leaning on his
arm, attended, as did l,n; ayctte,
Kochau.beau and "Mad" Anthony
Wayne.
Mrs- Sarah E- Etters
Buried At Bethpage
Mrs. S«rah K. Utters, aged 80,
died at her home in Cramerton
Tuesday morning at 2:15 o’clock.
She was a native of Lincoln coun
ty, but had lived at (.'ramerton
for the past six years.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday afternoon at 4:30
o’clock from Bethpage Lutheran
church near here with Dr. E. V.
Hudson, pastor of Cramerton
Baptist church, officiating, assis
ted by the Rev. A. S. Anderson,
pastor of the Cramerton Presby
terian church. Interment was
made in the church cemetery.
Surviving are the husband,
John H. Etters, and the follow
ing children: William Etters and
Mrs. Mae Black of Cramerton,
and Thomas Etters of Clinton,
,S. C. .Also surviving are a broth
er, Daniel Shaull, and two half
brothers, Joe Shaull of Cherry
v'ille and Henry Shaull of Granite
Falls.
NEW CONFERENCE YEAR
CHURCH SERVICE SUNDAY
I have been, requested to an
nounce by Rev. E. M. Jones, the
District Superintendent, of the
Gastonia District, that there will
be preaching- at Beulah at 10 o'
clock and St. Paul at 11 o'clock
Sunday morning, October 31st.
If the'pastor for Cherryville Cir
cuit has not been appointed. Rev'.
E. M. Jones or some invited
speaker will preach. !
Regin the new conference
year by attending the first ser
VR° Rev. J. E. B. Houser
DR. L. B. OLIVER TO
SPEAK AT FIRST BAPTIST
Dr. L. B. Oliver will speak in
the First Baptist Church Wednes
day night at 8 o’clock, Novem
ber 3rd. The speaker has spent
many years in China as a Mis
sionary. When the war began
he was taken prisoner by the
Japs.
The public is invited to hear
him.
Mrs. John Uren^ 69
Died October 17th
Mrs. John Cren, f>;i, died at
the home of her son, Calvin 11.
I’rpn on thp Carlton village, on
Sunday, October 17th, following
a serious illness of two weeks,
however, she had been in declin
ing health for the past three
Funeral services were conduct
ed from Bethel Lutheran chinch
in Lincoln county on Monday af
ternoon at -1 o'clock. Rev. Bow
ens, pastor, officiating, assisted by
Rev. Earl \V. Armstrong of Gas
Flowers were in charge of Mrs.
Hugh Sneed with the grand
daughters serving as flower girls,
assisted by friends of the family.
Burial was made in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Fren was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. John Philip
Kiser and was horn in Gaston
county. She had spent most of
her life in Lincoln county.
Surviving are the following
children: Calvin 11. I'ren, and
Mrs. Houston Quinn of Cherry
ville; Tom Uren. Mrs. Tom Green
and Mrs. Lizzie Mayo of Long
Shoals; Mrs. Lee Ross. Lincoln
ton; Mrs. ,1. (I. Queen of Danville.
Va„ together with the following
brothers and sisters, Mrs. Ella
Reid, Huntersville: Mrs. Hattie
Schwartz, Bessemer City; D. A.
Kiser, High SJioals; K. D. Kiser,
and J. P. Kiser, Long Shoals, to
gether with a host of other rela
tives and friends.
MRS. W. T. ROBINSON HIT
BY AUTO SATURDAY NIGHT
Mrs. \V. T. Robinson lnirl the
misfortune of being- hit by a
passing automobie Saturday
night about 8:H0 o’clock in front
of the Lester Theatre and recei
ved minor bruises and scratches.
Jake Huffstetler driver of the
automobile was blinded by the
light and failed to see Mrs. Rob
inson crossing the street. The
accident was considered unavoid
able.
LENOIR RHYNE
GIVEN $15,000
W. B. Rhyne Establishes A
Fund For Infirmary As
Memorial To His Son
HICKOIiV. Oct. — w- 15
Rhyne. Cherry ville Textile exec
utive and trustee ot Benoit
Kliyue college. lias established a
$15,000 fund tor an inlirmat y
at tlie college in memory of his
son, \V. B,, .lr.. who died May
Itj alter his lirst year at South
ern seminary. Columbia. S. C.
President I’ K. Monroe an
noli need the trill ;tt ;t meeting]
of trustees here today.' Dr. M.
1,. Stirewa'lt. Seminary president
and college boat'd chairman, pre
sided.
Dr. Monroe listed $:!0.000 in
recent scholarship funds and
about SI 50.000 received for
n/islwoi' Imilrlinos
Song Lovers Choir
At W. Blaine Beams
The "Song Roveis Choir", led
1)V<M. C. Dellinger, .Junius Helms.
Mr. Suttit* and others gathered
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. \\ .
Blaine Beam Sunday afternoon
and enjoyed several hours ol
Those singing were: Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Dellinger. Mr. and
Mrs. S'eve Stroup, Noah Mau
nev. It. !■’. I'utnain. .Junius Helms.
Mrs. Sid Carpenter, Miss Sadie
Carpenter, Mrs. Henry Hulien
der. Miss Kay Belle Ilullender.
Misses Kay and Oliie Whitesides.
Kloyd Miiuney. Miss Marie Man
net', Charlie Kord. Kelly ford
Caldwell Karnsworth. Mrs. Klor
ence Craft, Miss \ assie l.ei
Hicks. C. C. Dalton, Vance Sell
ers, D. A. Uudisill, Dixon New
ton, Mr. S.U'ttie. Mrs. Henry Car
penter, Miss Christine Carpen
ter.
Visitors present were: Mr. I li
ttle. Kvangilist and Radio Singei
of (Jastonia. W . <1. Spake ol
Shelby. Misses Annie Sue Moss
and Alma bare Moss, and Miss
Dot Mauney. Miss /.ora Nell
Beam. Mrs. Junius Helms, Mrs.
Karl Carpenter and daughter,
.Judy, of ..(Jastonia and Max Beam.
Cherryville is very lortunaH
in havitig a choir ol this natiiia
which visits in the homes and
spreads joy and happiness where
ever they go. They sing lor ant
occasion which t|i*-y are called
This choir is made up of cliris
i fans and are church loving pee
oie. Their prop-rams are opened
with devotional service and clos
ra with prayer and they are rev
erent in all they do, They ill
vite anyone who wishes to job
them to send in their name, thev
do not require a roll hook ol
If any one’s name is omittei
it is only through an oversight.
The Knitting Quota
Has Not Been Made
We still have due pit our las'
knitting quota live navy Scarf
and ten khaki Y neck sweaters.
All the ladies who have knitting
and can finish the garment this
month it will he greatly appreci
ated. We plan to and the Oeto
her quota to (Jastonia Tuesday.
November 2nd. We have on hand
now yarn for navy scarfs and
gray knee hands. Anyone inter
ested in knitting will please call
Miss Irene Sox.
REV. C. O. SWICEGOOD
TO PREACH HERE SUNDAY
Rev. (’. O. Swrcegood will
preach at the Free Saints Taber
nacle in \\ est Ivnd t'herryt'ille
Saturday night October bOth. at
k o’clock and on Sunday October
.'list, at II o’clock and again at *
o’clock in the evening. The nub
ile is cordially invited to attend
these services,
W. H. NEWTON CROWS
TWO POUND TURNIP
Mr. M. <’. Newton brought to
this office this week a two pound
turnip of the purple top variety
which weighed two pounds. Air.
Newton stated he had a nice
natch of turnips and all of them
were large ones.
Campaign Opens Nov. 8th
And Closes Thirteenth
Merchants Are Expecting To Pledge Their
Co-Operation; Gaston County’s Quota
Set At $62,500.
WACS Recruit
Tuesday Afternoons l
CPL. GREICHEN DYKSTRA
<'|)1. Gielch n Dykstra and
.Vi. Kuth Alt-Clary of Uio VVAl'S
will 1m* in Choiryville overt Tu
•sday afiernoon .il the Draft
. loard nlfu i* to i111*• r\'i<• \* yirls in
i'rested m jnininn tile North
. aiolina Company of WAC' to
re recruited between now and
iH-cember 7th.
Girls who enter now wilt outer
die Woman's 'army as a North
arolina continyent and will
'.ear the North Carolina insignia
*n then uniforms. Governor Alel
illo Biouyhton hits tutted that
•;ii-h city in tile state have a iop
. eselitat iv'e in the oon.tinyeul. or
s iiinnv rcyresontat ices as no.
si Ide.
■■There are 15a types of jobs
which must he tilled now." lie
A AC reeruiters said. “Women
tie urgently needed to replace
he TO.inlll casualt ies ah oa<!\
■ llfered in this w;u. Every time
*m woman joins the WA('s, one
van is i cleared for combat duty
Itindreds of women are needed
o that more and ■more men may
et in the lijfht. '
The North Carolina company
f W.Ats will he sworn in at
Itarlotte at a special ceremony
mil will yo toyefhel to either
oil Oglethorpe, toe. or to pay
otia I leach, Kla.. I'm basic tram
• y. After four weeks the\ will
>e classified and sent to special
raininy centers where they will
earn to do the type of job lies!
uited to them.
Kliyible women fiom _’d m
wo year- of tdyh school and no
dependents or childten under 14
Cherryville High
Lost To Belmont
('hei i yville II i ” h School "Imii
Men" lost a hard fought football
game 1 !>-14 to the Belmont Ab
hey Ramblers las: Friday after
noon at tile loeal Athletic Field.
The game was interesting
throughout and the ( hei ryv'i'lle
hoys threatened to conic from
behind at the last of the name to
win when the game ended.
The Ramblers team was form
'd with three college freshmen
ogether with the I’.elmont Abbey
!liyh School team. They presen
ted a confusing T formation.
The visitors gained ground chief
ly on passes, scored three touch
downs before our hoys were able
to score.
However, after half time, the
"Ironmetl" got busy to score two
ouphdowns and make both extra
•mints. “Deed" McGinnis made
the longest run, behind good in
terference. In offense “Deed"
Boh Franklin and Boyd Faker
were outstanding-, while on de
fense Hugh Dellinger, and the
entire line played good hall.
•ll
Tire (lasloh ('minty I
War I'Uin! campaign open.- \'i
vent her 1 .'It li. S. M. liuilei is
chairman I’d Cherry\ille ami he
expectin'; tip. complete Wo-< ■ l»
eration iif all merchants. iiidiis
trial plants and each individual
in this drive.
I he quota I'm Cherry v-il lc is
S Imlill.tlO and as in the past Cher
i \ \ 11!v has always met hei puma
and past the mark and that is
what the chairman is expecting in
Henry A. I.inehei trer of Hel
mnnt is general chairman in eba.lffp
nl' the (fusion county camjiain'ii
Mr. lint ler was called out of
town on business and was inhibit*
!" eive out any information or
details which mi,eht have been a!
!|,adv worked out. however, on
his return, the canvass will he
manned out and all set I'm the
Nearly !Y0 percent of proceeds
ol the 1 nited War Fund campai.tfh
will ti'o to the I SO. the remain
der heini*' allocated to Id other
war service agencies and to an
Is-mjlhon dollar eontinrency
hind which will be set up and
hehi intact lor use in providin'.!'
immediate rphuldlitat ion and re
ii<;i for pe. . , i . Axis occupied
countries as rapid! v as they are
I reet| '.(.<• the American ■ and other
Allied armies.
presbvterian Sunday
^reaching Services At
Rev'. .1. Walker Cobb, I). L'.. ul
.W em ph is, I.imii.. will pleach a l
the Presbyterian ciiuii.li Miiiu.iy
lie. t <>i.I will arm t !■ riday
flight ami will remain lot Urn
month of .NdvciiiIhm, supplying
ua- c-1 in i c' i i during jHs. slay wrt.li a
'lew ul accenting tlii Work lor
the duration.
i’r. Colin on Sept. 1st i esigi.ed
as evangelist nl the .syhou
I'eniu ssee al ter temp,cling a
'any stnetsslui term o| a luar
mote II.ai Six yea I s. lie hoj.es
to gel hack into i lie pastorale
again. I»r. Cobh comes very high
iv ret nnimendcd anti we lei! tne
i reshyterian coiij;relation will he
v,,ry luriunatc in securing the
set ' let's ol Dr. Cobh.
SSGT. JAS. R. DELLINGER
I RAINING. WAIST GUNNER
CASI’KR. Wyoming.—S Sgt.
lames I;. Rcllingei . .Ii „ son of
•'its. -I. R. Dellinger. 17 South
hlklaml St.. Gastonia. X. ( . is a
" aist gunner on a heavy bom
bardment crew now in training
al the Army Air Rase. Casper.
Kollov.ing , oniplelion of ins
; raining' Ut Caspar, lie will tie
sent overseas to a combat area
"here he will help take up Hu
gh! against the enemy.
GONZA1.EE beam
PASSES N. C. BOARD
Mi>s Gonzalee Ream, dauyhlei
i>l .Mrs. Erail-k 1.. Pram was am
miy: the 'l muses who passed
tlie State Hoard's examination
hold in Rale iy It and \\ inston-Sa
leni. A uytist 24-:?h. Miss I leant is
a member of the Red Cross nnr
srs and is oniplo.eu at the Cite
Memorial Hospital in Thomas
v'ille temporarily.
Miss Bessie Chapman. hoard
secretary, said tie 4:14 nurses
who passed consti'uted the larg
est number ever licensed at anv
one examination.
L. W McGINNIS
GROWS 5 1-2 LB. YAM
I- M. McGinn's. 'Superinfen
dent of the Howell Manufactm
iny t ompany day his potatoes
last week and reported one tip
1 lie scales at .> 1 > pounds.
Mr. McGinnis staled he had
many la rye ones in his patch.
He always has a yood yyrden
each year and this year had tin
exceptionally yood one. He has
two hoys that will tip the scales
it HOO pounds each.